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NEW HAVEN OUTLASTS CHARGERS
April 29, 2015

NEW HAVEN OUTLASTS CHARGERS

New Haven, Conn. (4/29/15) Despite a four-run ninth inning, the Dominican College baseball team fell to host, the University of New Haven, 14-12, this afternoon in non-conference action played at Frank Vieira Field.

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New Haven, Conn. (4/29/15)  Despite a four-run ninth inning, the Dominican College baseball team fell to host, the University of New Haven, 14-12, this afternoon in non-conference action played at Frank Vieira Field.

Dominican scored the opening run of the game in the top of the second on the RBI double to left field from Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Rookie of the Week, Mark Vargas (Bronx, N.Y.).

UNH responded with runs in the bottom of the second and the third innings to go up 3-1, but DC countered with a four-run fourth frame to re-claim a 5-3 lead.  In the fourth, Vargas and catcher Edward O'Neill (Madison, Conn.) both drew bases loaded walks, while second basemen Donald Crispyn (Freeport, N.Y.) had an RBI single to center field.  An infield fielder's choice off the bat of Rafael Balado (San Juan, Puerto Rico) brought home the fourth DC run of the inning.

DC added two more runs in the fifth on a throwing error and another single to center field from Crispyn, while in the bottom stanza New Haven scored two runs of their own to make the score 7-5.  A Dominican run in the sixth on the RBI single to right field from short stop Robert Alonso (Hurley, N.Y.) to give DC an 8-5 advantage.

New Haven scored runs in their next three innings, including a five-run seventh stanza to regain a 14-8 lead.  Dominican scored four runs in the top of the ninth on a two-run single to right center from Vargas and two runs scored on an error for the final 14-12 score.

Crispyn finished with three hits and two RBIs.

Vargas tallied four RBIs on two hits and scored three runs.

Reliever Thomas Musso (Staten Island, N.Y.) suffered the loss (1-3) in 1/3 inning of relief, allowing five runs (three earned) on three hits.

With the loss, Dominican falls to 19-21 on the season.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.